Sargent Lana, Zanjani Faika, Winship Jodi, Gendron Tracey, Mackiewicz Marissa, Diallo Ana, Waters Leland, Battle Kimberly, Ford Gregory, Falls Katherine, Chung Jane, Price Elvin T, Cisewski Melissa, Parsons Pamela, Health Vcu iCubed
School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2022 Mar 12;8:23337214221084866. doi: 10.1177/23337214221084866. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.
Older adults have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. The primary goal of this study is to determine the socioeconomic effects on psychosocial factors among low-income independent-living older adults, in an urban setting, during the COVID-pandemic.
Participants were recruited through Virginia Commonwealth University's Richmond Health and Wellness Program. Telephone surveys (=100) were conducted using the Epidemic - Pandemic Impacts Inventory Geriatric with the Racial/Ethnic Discrimination addendum. Responses were analyzed for income and education effects across seven domains: home life, social activities/isolation, economic, emotional health-wellbeing, physical health, COVID-infection history, and positive change behaviors/experiences.
The sample population was between 51 and 87 years of age, 88% were Black, 57% reported incomes of $10,000/year or less, and 60% reported a high-school education or less. There were income effects for social activities/isolation (f = 3.69, <.05) and positive change (f = 8.40, <.01), and education effects for COVID History (f = 4.20, <.04).
Overall results highlight the social patterns for a diverse sample of low-income urban older adults; education and income are identified as risk factors for social losses, COVID-infection experiences, racial/ethnic discrimination during the COVID-pandemic, and positive change behaviors.
老年人受新冠疫情的影响尤为严重。本研究的主要目的是确定在新冠疫情期间，城市环境中低收入独立生活的老年人社会经济状况对心理社会因素的影响。
通过弗吉尼亚联邦大学的里士满健康与 Wellness 项目招募参与者。使用带有种族/族裔歧视附录的《流行病 - 大流行影响量表（老年版）》进行电话调查（n = 100）。分析了七个领域中收入和教育的影响，这七个领域分别是：家庭生活、社交活动/隔离、经济、情绪健康、身体健康、新冠感染史以及积极变化行为/经历。
样本人群年龄在51至87岁之间，88%为黑人，57%报告年收入为10,000美元或以下，60%报告受教育程度为高中或以下。社交活动/隔离方面存在收入影响（F = 3.69，P <.05），积极变化方面存在收入影响（F = 8.40，P <.01），新冠感染史方面存在教育影响（F = 4.20，P <.04）。
总体结果突出了低收入城市老年人多样样本的社会模式；教育和收入被确定为社会损失、新冠感染经历、新冠疫情期间的种族/族裔歧视以及积极变化行为的风险因素。
